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(a Lhinaratn name of unknown meaning; 

 said to be of American origin). Lopseed. STX. Lepto- 

 ttachya. O&D. Verbenacece. A. monotypic genus. The 

 species is a hardy, herbacecos perennial, of no great 

 horticultural merit. It thrives in almost any soil In- 

 creased by division; or by seeds, sown in the open ground, 

 in spring. 



P. Leptostachy* (Leptastachya). *. purplish, inconspicuous, 

 sessile, in much-elongated spikes, each in the axil of a setaceous 

 bract, and tiutUadeJ by a pair of minute braetlete, at length 

 strictly reflexed. August. * *.-?*- ^w.^fc r maiajj mit t lt ( L ,| 

 lower ones on lone petioles. A. 2ft. to 4ft. Cental Asia, North 

 America, Ac., 1302. 



FIG. 127. PHTGKUUS CAPENSIS. 



FKBYBTTJM (from phrynot, a toad; referring to 

 the genus inhabiting marshes). STH. Phyllodet. OBD. 

 Scitamineae. A genus containing nearly twenty species 

 of stove, herbaceous perennials, natives of the East 

 Indies, the Malayan Archipelago, and tropical Africa. 

 Flowers in terminal heads or panicles; sepals three, 

 narrow ; corolla shorter, or scarcely longer, than the calyx ; 

 lip broad, transversely crested, cucullate, or sometimes 

 two-lobed. Leaves sub radical, on long stalks. Steins 

 leafy. Boots creeping. Few of the species are grown 

 in gardens. For culture, ee Calathea, under which 

 are included two or three species usually known as 

 Phrjniums. 



Fhryninm continued. 



P. coloratom (coloured). A synonym of CalaUua, eolormte. 

 P. exrmium (choice). A synonym of Calotkeo, eximio. 

 P. macularum (spotted). A garden synonym of 



Lena (bloody). X. rich blood-colour; outer aepab 

 free to" the base, erect; inner ones combined for a good pan of 



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 (B.M.4646.) 



PHTJOPSIS (from Pfcu, and op*w, resemblance; al- 

 luding to the similarity in the plants). OBD. Bubiaeea. 

 A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy, slender 

 herb, with a perennial root, and a slender, elongated 

 stem. For culture, see Crucianella. 



PHTCEIiLA. Included under Hippeostnim. 



PHYOAHTETJS. A synonym of Tecophila 

 (which tee). 



PHTGEUTJS (from phygo, flight, and helios, the 

 sun ; said to love shade). OBD. Scrophularinece. A 

 genus comprising only a couple of species of erect, 

 very glabrous, South African shrubs. Flowers scarlet, 

 on recurved pedicels; calyx of five imbricated 

 corolla with an incurved or slightly erect, 

 elongated tube, and a limb of five round, spreading 

 lobes; peduncles loosely cymose, three to seven-flowered, 

 disposed in a terminal, second panicle. Leaves opposite, 

 stalked, crenulate; floral ones reduced to bracts; the 

 uppermost ones alternate. P. eapemit, the only species 

 introduced, thrives in a light, rich, loamy eoiL Seeds, 

 which are abundantly produced, should be sown in a 

 slight hotbed, in spring, and the seedlings afterwards 

 transplanted to a warm, sunny border. The species may 

 also be increased by cuttings. 



P. capensis (Cape).* Cape Figwort .*. scarlet: corolla 

 tube convicted at^ase aboTe tail 



L to Sin. lone. Branches rather 

 thick, sub-tetragonal, smooth. A. 3ft. 185a A showy plant. 

 See Fig. 127. (B. M. 4881 ; F. d. S. 1111 ; B, G. 227.) 



PHTIiICA (from phyU&ot, leafy; alluding to the 

 abundant evergreen foliage). Including Souian^va and 

 Trvchoeephaliu. OBD. E/uunnea. A genus comprising 

 about sixty-five species of greenhouse, evergreen shrubs, 

 rarely trees, often Heath-like, tomentose or pubescent; 

 they are very numerous in extra-tropical and South 

 Africa, and rare in Tristan d'Acunha and Madagascar. 

 Flowers small, axillary, or in very densely crowded heads 

 or spikes, shortly pedicellate, bracteate or ebracteate, very 

 rarely loosely cymose; calyx with an obconical, urceo- 

 late, or cylindrical tube and five lobes; petals five, 

 cucullate or setiform, or absent. Fruit pisiform, dead 

 black. Leaves coriaceous, often small, alternate, thick, 

 very rarely large, frequently white- tomentose beneath; 

 margins entire, recurved or revolute. The species men- 

 tioned below are all South African shrubs. They thrive 

 in sandy peat, and succeed best in a greenhouse tempe- 

 rature. Propagated by cuttings of half -ripened shoots, 

 inserted in sandy aofl, under a bell glass, in a warm 



k little, a. 2ft. 1800. (B. B. TIL) Srxs. 



